Strategies

• QICS: Is mostly used after you read something. Is very helpful to understand the reading. When you make Questions, have an Idea, make a good Connection and the reading gives you a Surprise.
  
• VIP/MVP: Is a good way to help you summarize the information you already read. You can pick some Very Important Points and later on find the Most Valuable Point. Is like the main idea of all and with this you can easily write a good summary.
• Text Guide: Reading guide of what to look for (definitions, examples, important people, explanations)
• Graphic Organizer: Visual representation of the parts of a concept.
• Language Starters: "What does the author mean by...?" "The author states on page 123 that... it makes me think of..." " Stress is defined as..." An example of the presences of stress could be..."-hedges...
• Building Background Knowledge: Using simpler readings (websites) before the academic reading.
• CLOZE Exercise: To highlight text structure, providing a source, and general to specific structure of academic texts.
• Stop-Look-Reflect - Blog it!: Stop to gather strategies and reflect on the 4W's and an H - put it in the blog...